Since 2013, excavations have been conducted by French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP in French) in Vienne where they found evidence of "one or several camps of late … See more

Since 1986, Blois is part of the French Towns of Art and History program, which promotes the cultural and historical estate.
• Lodges Façade of the Château of Blois, on Francis I wing, seen from Victor-Hugo Square. … See more

The A10 motorway connects Blois with Paris, Orléans and Tours. Blois Railway Station offers direct connections from Paris, Orléans, Tours, Nantes, and to several regional destinations.
Regular co… See more

• Ivomadus (5th century), Breton chieftain who would have conquered Blois and established there an independent Kingdom until Clovis I's conquest.
• Count William of Orléans (died 834), first count of Blois.… See more

Athos, the count of La Fère (from Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers) has a castle in Blois, in Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne (from the same author). See more